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Dingaan Thobela
Male
"The Rose of Soweto"
(Dingaan Bongane Thobela)
Super-Middleweight, South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Born: September 24, 1966, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Died: April 29, 2024, Mayfair, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
(Thobela had an undisclosed illness and passed away after suffering ill health)
Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,70
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1986 | | + June 28 | Quinton Ryan | Eldorado Park, Johannesbu | W 4 | | + Aug. 27 | Christian Sithebe | Eldorado Park, Johannesbu | TKO 4 | | + Nov. 2 | David Matekane | Eldorado Park, Johannesbu | W 6 | | = Dec. 15 | Peter Mpikashe | Durban, South Africa | Draw 4 | | 1987 | | + Mar. 8 | George Masango | Laudium, South Africa | W 4 | | + July 11 | Walter Mpungose | Witbank, South Africa | TKO 6 | | + Nov. 21 | Shorne Moorcroft | Springs, South Africa | TKO 5 | | + Dec. 15 | Elijah Cele | Durban, South Africa | W 6 | | 1988 | | + Feb. 1 | Samuel Boikanyo | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 7 | Gerald Isaacs | Orkney, South Africa | TKO 3 | | Transvaal Super-Featherweight Title | | + May 9 | Andy DeAbreu | Potchefstroom, South Africa | TKO 5 | | + July 10 | Ditau Paul Molefyane | Eldorado Park, Johannesbu | W 10 | | Transvaal Super-Featherweight Title | | + Oct. 1 | Mpisekhaya Mbaduli | New Brighton, South Africa | TKO 8 | | South African Super-Featherweight Title | | + Dec. 13 | Brian Roche | Durban, South Africa | KO 8 | | 1989 | | + Jan. 23 | Daniel Londas | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Mar. 11 | Mark Fernandez | Springs, South Africa | TKO 6 | | + May 15 | Fred Adams | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 1 | | + July 24 | Danilo Cabrera | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 21 | Francisco Alvarez
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | TKO 9 | | + Dec. 5 | Francisco Ortiz
| Durban, South Africa | W 10 | | 1990 | | + Jan. 22 | Felipe Orozco | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 10 | | + Apr. 27 | Mauricio Aceves | Biloxi, United States | TKO 8 | | + June 23 | Pascual Aranda | Dallas, United States | TKO 4 | | + Sept. 22 | Mauricio Aceves | Brownsville, United States | W 12 | | WBO Lightweight Title | | 1991 | | + Mar. 2 | Mario Martinez | San Jose, United States | W 12 | | WBO Lightweight Title | | + July 13 | Amancio Castro | Pretoria, South Africa | W 10 | | + Sept. 14 | Antonio Rivera | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 12 | | WBO Lightweight Title | | 1992 | | + Aug. 15 | Peter Till | Springs, South Africa | KO 9 | | + Oct. 31 | Tony Foster
| Kensington, Great Britain | W 8 | | 1993 | | - Feb. 12 | Tony Lopez | Sacramento, United States | L 12 | | WBA Lightweight Title | | + June 26 | Tony Lopez | Sun City, South Africa | W 12 | | WBA Lightweight Title | | - Oct. 30 | Orzubek Nazarov | Johannesburg, South Africa | L 12 | | WBA Lightweight Title | | 1994 | | - Mar. 19 | Orzubek Nazarov | Temba, South Africa | L 12 | | WBA Lightweight Title | | - Nov. 29 | Karl Taylor | Cannock, Great Britain | L 8 | | 1995 | | + Feb. 11 | Andreas Panayi | Hammanskraal, South Africa | KO 1 | | + May 6 | Kenny Vice | Durban, South Africa | TKO 2 | | + Aug. 19 | Santiago Alfonso Ahumada | Sun City, South Africa | TKO 2 | | + Sept. 26 | Jaime Balboa | Temba, South Africa | KO 8 | | + Nov. 25 | Mark McCreath | East London, South Africa | TKO 9 | | 1996 | | + Mar. 16 | Booker Kidd | Bushkill, United States | TKO 3 | | + June 25 | Wayne Boudreaux | Hammanskraal, South Africa | TKO 6 | | - Nov. 5 | Geoff McCreesh | Temba, South Africa | KO by 2 | | 1997 | | - Mar. 22 | Willy Wise | Johannesburg, South Africa | L 10 | | + Oct. 8 | Gary Murray | Temba, South Africa | TKO 4 | | 1998 | | = Oct. 28 | Carlos Baldomir | Johannesburg, South Africa | Draw 12 | | WBC International Welterweight Title | | 1999 | | + Mar. 6 | Adrian Walter Daneff | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 7 | | IBO Welterweight Title | | - Oct. 31 | Cornelius Carr | Raynes Park, Great Britain | L 12 | | World Boxing Federation Middleweight Title | | 2000 | | + Feb. 19 | Soon Botes | Brakpan, South Africa | W 12 | | South African Super-Middleweight Title | | + Sept. 1 | Glenn Catley | Brakpan, South Africa | KO 12 | | WBC Super-Middleweight Title | | - Dec. 15 | Dave Hilton | Montreal, Canada | L 12 | | WBC Super-Middleweight Title | | 2001 | | - Nov. 30 | Eric Lucas | Montreal, Canada | TKO by 8 | | WBC Super-Middleweight Title | | 2002 | | - Nov. 29 | Mikkel Kessler | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 12 | | vacant IBA Super-Middleweight Title | | 2003 | | - Nov. 22 | Otis Grant | Montreal, Canada | L 8 | | - Dec. 13 | Martin Nielsen | Copenhagen, Denmark | L 6 | | 2004 | | - Dec. 3 | Lucian Bute | Montreal, Canada | TKO by 4 | 2005
Inactive | | 2006 | | - Oct. 27 | Soon Botes | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO by 10 |
Summary
Total bouts: 56, Won: 40 (26 inside the limit), Lost: 14 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0
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